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Engineered flooring underlay for underfloor heating. Our range of underlay for underfloor heating systems features products suitable for carpet, laminate, real wood and lvt flooring finishes. Not saying that's correct but that was what the manufacturer suggested. When it comes to choosing your fitting method when you have under floor heating, the likelihood is that you’ll be forced to plump for either glue.

This blog post will cover the best underfloor heating underlays for use with carpet, laminate and engineered wood flooring. Although our 15mm engineered oak flooring is perfect for use with underfloor heating, having a sufficiently low thermal resistance to allow the heat to travel through the floor quickly and efficiently, our 15mm thruflow engineered oak flooring offers the same 4mm wear layer of oak backed by 11mm eucalyptus plywood, and yet takes efficiency to. Warmup’s insulated underlay is always recommended for use with a floor heating system used with wooden flooring.

The construction of engineered wood flooring means it’s less susceptible to the expansion and contraction issues associated with moisture and temperature fluctuations which often cause problems with solid wood flooring. Some of the product range also features additional properties, such as flame retardancy, vapour barriers and compatibility with click flooring systems. Suitability for heavy traffic areas;.

Sensitive floor coverings can be protected by a floor. The underlay optimises the heat output and efficiency of the heating system and prevents heat from escaping downwards and leaving the room. It will also touch on some of the problems associated with certain flooring types and highlight some of the most important factors to consider when purchasing both underlay and flooring.

The engineered wood flooring needs to be glued down with a full surface bond (not lines of glue), using a flexible flooring adhesive, to allow the floor to expand and contract as the temperature generated by the underfloor heating rises and falls. In a cold, dry climate, you can expect to see gaps between strips and slightly concave boards from time to time. Underfloor heating beneath wood flooring presents special problems because of the wide range of temperature to which the flooring is subjected.

For what it's worth we fitted oak engineered flooring throughout the downstairs of house, that had wet underfloor heating and they used underlay that was a green colour on bottom with a tin foil on the upper side. Choose underlay for your engineered wood flooring and laminate flooring. The best flooring for underfloor heating is one that efficiently transfers heat from the ufh to the surface of the floor.